Clean Power Plan

With regulatory authority stemming from the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan targets emissions from existing power plants and outlines state-by-state reduction goals. RFF researchers are analyzing a variety of policy solutions for states to achieve compliance.

Blog Post
A Giant Rebound? How the Coupling of ACE and Federal Energy Policies to Protect Coal Could Drive Up CO2 Emissions
Sep 18, 2018 | Kathryne Cleary, Karen L. Palmer
EPA’s proposed Affordable Clean Energy rule may likely raise CO2 emissions compared to business-as-usual when coupled with other attempts of the Trump administration to prolong the lives of coal plants.

Air Quality
Blog Post
Ancillary Benefits Redux: We Can’t Afford the Affordable Clean Energy Rule
Aug 31, 2018 | Alan J. Krupnick
Without regulating fine particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides, the planned actions under ACE only focus on reducing the costs of carbon dioxide regulations without considering health impacts on the American people.

Air Quality
Blog Post
Changing the Game for Coal: How Federal Energy Policies Could Impact Coal Plant Retirement
Aug 30, 2018 | Kathryne Cleary, Karen L. Palmer
Retirement of coal plants could vary depending on the interaction between the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule and recent Trump administration interventions in electricity markets.

Air Quality
Blog Post
CPP Replacement: Emissions Increase “At the Source”?
Aug 27, 2018 | Amelia Keyes, Dallas Burtraw
Our research suggests that the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule could have unintended consequences, causing increases in emissions of carbon dioxide and local pollutants at many facilities and in some states.

Air Quality
Working Paper
Carbon Standards Examined: A Comparison of At-the-Source and Beyond-the-Source Power Plant Carbon Standards
Aug 21, 2018 | Amelia Keyes, Kathleen F. Lambert, Dallas Burtraw, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Jonathan I. Levy, Charles T. Driscoll
The replacement to the Clean Power Plan could increase emissions at many facilities and in several states compared to having no power plant carbon standard.

Air Quality
Testimony and Public Comments
Comments to the EPA on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a Replacement to the Clean Power Plan
Apr 12, 2018 | Dallas Burtraw | 18 pp.
Climate Change
Testimony and Public Comments
Comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan Dallas
Apr 12, 2018 | Dallas Burtraw, Amelia Keyes | 21 pp.
Climate Change
Journal Article
Air Pollution Success Stories in the United States: the Value of Long-Term Observations
Mar 15, 2018 | Timothy J. Sullivan, Charles T. Driscoll, Colin M. Beier, Dallas Burtraw, Ivan J. Fernandez, James N. Galloway, David A. Gay, Christine L. Goodale, Gene E. Likens, Gary M. Lovett, Shaun A. Watmough | pp. 69-73
This article highlights past examples of the use of science to document the effectiveness of policy in air quality management in order to inform public discourse.

Air Quality
Testimony and Public Comments
Comments to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland General Assembly on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
Jan 11, 2018 | Dallas Burtraw | 28 pp.
Climate Change
Past Seminar
What Does Repeal of the Clean Power Plan Mean for Future Climate and Energy Policies?
Dec 13, 2017
The Trump administration’s move to repeal the Clean Power Plan includes a revised estimate of the social cost of carbon as well as different approaches for considering ancillary public health benefits and the savings from improved fuel efficiency. This RFF seminar explored the implications of these revisions for the Clean Power Plan itself and for potential future energy and climate policies.

Air Quality Climate Change Energy and Electricity

Recovering from Disasters: Evaluating FEMA’s Housing Assistance Program in the 2017 Hurricane Season

A Giant Rebound? How the Coupling of ACE and Federal Energy Policies to Protect Coal Could Drive Up CO2 Emissions

Critiquing the Trump Administration’s Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the Proposed CAFE Standards

Marcia McNutt on Evidence-Based Decisionmaking

States Moving Forward with Carbon Trading: The Nuts and Bolts of Linking State Programs

The Economics of Electricity System Resilience

Richard G. Newell

Ann M. Bartuska

Raymond J. Kopp

Terri O'Brien

Ross van der Linde

Paula Wolferseder Yabar

European Union Reforms Its Carbon Emissions Market

How to Harness Human Nature in a Heatwave

Carbon Pricing for US Electricity Sector Now More Effective and Less Expensive

Using Satellite Data to Fill the Gaps in the US Air Pollution Monitoring Network

How Do US Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards Affect Purchases of New and Used Vehicles?

PHMSA’s 2009 Gas Distribution Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Clean Power Plan

A Giant Rebound? How the Coupling of ACE and Federal Energy Policies to Protect Coal Could Drive Up CO2 Emissions

Ancillary Benefits Redux: We Can’t Afford the Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Changing the Game for Coal: How Federal Energy Policies Could Impact Coal Plant Retirement

CPP Replacement: Emissions Increase “At the Source”?

Carbon Standards Examined: A Comparison of At-the-Source and Beyond-the-Source Power Plant Carbon Standards

Comments to the EPA on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a Replacement to the Clean Power Plan

Comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan Dallas

Air Pollution Success Stories in the United States: the Value of Long-Term Observations

Comments to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland General Assembly on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan

What Does Repeal of the Clean Power Plan Mean for Future Climate and Energy Policies?